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Moscow Round Canceled, 13 WSBK Rounds for 2015

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The World Superbike calendar has been reduced to 13 events. The Russian round of WSBK, scheduled to be held at the Moscow Raceway on July 5th has been canceled, after the event organizer, YMS Promotion, failed to provide the contract guarantees required by the contract.

As a further consequence, the Yakhnich Motorsport Team have also lost their slot on the 2015 World Supersport grid, which was tied in with the Russian round.

The cancellation of the Russian round did not come as a surprise. The Russian WSBK round is a legacy of the last years of Infront running the series.

Infront and YMS signed a ten-year deal to organize a World Superbike round in Russia, but continuing political instability in Russia, tensions between Europe and Russia over Ukraine, and murky regional politics have made it impossible to stage a race there.

The round was placed on the calendar automatically, because of the existing contract, but it was never expected to actually take place.

The Russian round of World Superbikes will not be replaced. Instead, the series will run 13 rounds in 2015. Below is the updated 2015 WSBK calendar.

2015 World Superbike Provisional Calendar, as of February 11th:

DATE COUNTRY CIRCUIT WSBK WSS STK1000 STK600
February 22 Australia Phillip Island GP Circuit X X
March 22 Thailand Chang International Circuit X X
April 12 Spain MotorLand Aragón X X X X**
April 19 The Netherlands TT Circuit Assen X X X X
May 10 Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola X X X X
May 24 UK Donington Park X X X
June 07 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve* X X X X
June 21 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli X X X X
July 19 USA Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca X
August 02 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit X X
September 20 Spain Circuito de Jerez X X X X
October 04 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours X X X X
October 18 Qatar Losail International Circuit* X X

* STC = Subject to contract
** Two races for the STK600 class

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